Tuesday, November 30, 2010

†I-catcher Console

For tension with Bolivia, the U.S. sought help Argentina




Cristina Fernandez, with Evo Morales, in a ceremony held in Bolivia in 2009. - Efe Agency
The president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandes, in September 2008 agreed to "cooperate with the U.S. in Bolivia" to lower the tensions that existed between the Government of Evo Morales and the country's north.
This information indicates the first of the 1,299-diplomatic cables between secrets, confidential and unclassified, that the site WikiLeaks spread over documents relating to Bolivia.
Cristina Fernández, junto a Evo Morales, en un acto realizado en Bolivia, en 2009.  -  Efe   Agencia The government said it was "not new" espionage revealed by WikiLeaks, and accused the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have been the "mainstay" of that work in the country.
Meanwhile, former Foreign Minister Armando Loaiza diplomatic and said it should not surprising that Argentina has played a mediation role for peaceful and smooth the roughness of the Bolivian government against the United States. WikiLeaks
information indicates that the telegrams exchanged in 2008 between the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires and the Secretary of State show the good relations that came to keep the Argentine government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (cited in the documents as CFK ) with the administration of U.S. President at the time, George Bush and his Secretary of State for American Affairs, Thomas Shannon.

"The confidence with Shannon came to the point that the President agreed to cooperate with the United States Government in Bolivia" (document of September 2 2008). "" CFK says that Argentina will cooperate with the USG (United States Government, or U.S. Government in English) in Bolivia, but we must be careful not seem that there is a "political operation" against the Government because of the suspicion of Evo ( Morales), "the telegram says U.S.," the report said.

The same page shows that Shannon had already given assurances to the President of Argentina to the United States guaranteed the territorial integrity of Bolivia and tried, with little success, to convince Morales that Washington had nothing against him.

"Evo is not an easy person, CFK trust us, making note that Argentina has trouble getting it caters Bolivia natural gas. 'We all need patience,' he said, "says the then Ambassador Wayne.

Earlier, in June, a telegram informed of the efforts he had made the Argentine Foreign Minister, Taiana, at the request of U.S. Ambassador to lower the tension in Bolivia from Washington and ensure the safety of their own embassy in La Paz. "Taiana reports that have called three times a Bolivian Vice Minister Hugo Fernandez Araujo to insist on these two points."

A dispatch sent by the Embassy in Buenos Aires before the visit Shannon in August 2008 (document 149 085) makes clear what the U.S. claims the Argentine government: "We hope that Argentina will play a positive role in preventing conflict and make a success of democracy in Bolivia, to influence President Ecuador, Rafael Correa, to behave with more restraint, to take a more constructive, mature and balanced in the Colombian conflict and positively influence his Venezuelan counterpart. "




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• According to the report, the U.S. assured the President of Argentina to that country's territorial security guaranteed of Bolivia

"I should not wonder" Former Foreign Minister Armando Loaiza diplomatic and said it should not surprising that Argentina has played a mediation role for peaceful and smooth the roughness of the Bolivian government against the United States. "Argentina and Brazil have always played an important role in Bolivia and in that regard, the United States, knowing that there is a cordial relationship between Bolivia and Argentina for historical, ideological and political, he told the President of Argentina moderating role" played the diplomat.

recalled that Bolivia and Argentina have ties very important friendship even from the time of Peron, who was a close friend of former President Victor Paz Estenssoro.
"Given that, it is interesting that the U.S. would have been a way to smooth, moderate, lighten the heaviness of the government of Morales," he added. Loaiza, however, clarified that although many things will start coming (revelations), one of the functions of diplomats, according to international standards to inform their governments about what is happening in the country where they are without interfering in internal affairs. "Now, what is information?, How far does it go? That is another matter. Nor should it be tearing his hair, not too surprising, "he said.


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Bolivia's government said yesterday that" not new "the U.S. intelligence leaks revealed by WikiLeaks, and accused the U.S. Agency for International Development United States (USAID, for its acronym in English) of being the "pillar" of that work in the country. "It's not new, but in this particular case, we should read the documentation there to see what new details might exist," he told state-owned Bolivian Information Agency (ABI) Presidential spokesman Ivan Canelas said when asked about it.

For his part, Minister of Justice, Nilda Cup, said that "USAID has been the cornerstone" of the task of spying in Bolivia. "It is quite clear, even our president, Evo Morales, has decided to expel the ambassador (Philip) Goldberg and has been (arrested) that strong persecution of people," said Cup referring to the president's decision to oust Morales in September 2008 to Goldberg, accusing him of conspiring with the opposition.
Canelas said Bolivia was also wiretapped United States since For several years, and that Morales faced "difficulties" with that country to denounce these activities and political meddling, according to ABI. DATA
• Cables on Bolivia as the WikiLeaks web
Secret documents 36
Confidential documents unclassified documents
768 495

Total: 1299

• WikiLeaks has put the United States amid a flurry of controversy when it releases diplomatic notes, the most sensitive y de contenido sensible, que develaron en muchos casos opiniones poco favorables de otros mandatarios internacionales.

• Cinco medios de Estados Unidos, Francia, Gran Bretaña, Alemania y España tuvieron acceso a 250 mil cables diplomáticos estadounidenses, parte de los cuales aparecen ya en la página WikiLeaks.

• Sin embargo, Venezuela es el país con más documentos: 3.435 archivos filtrados. • El segundo país latinoamericano de la lista es Brasil con 3.070 expedientes.

• Le siguen Colombia con 2.896 y Argentina con 2.034.




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